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MSE Seminar: “Designing Quantum Properties and Functionalities in Heterostructures” (MIT)

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Interfaces in heterostructures often exhibit emergent physical properties that are absent in the constituent layers. These heterostructures, together with their compatibility with nanofabrication, are promising for constructing functional quantum devices. I will illustrate the capability of such heterostructure engineering by taking two examples. I will first explain our discovery of a versatile method for synthesizing […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Investigating the Role of Lipid Droplets as Intracellular Mechanical Stressors in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease” (Abigail Lonker)

Smilow Center for Translational Research in SCTR 11-146AB

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Rebecca Wells are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Abigail Lonker. Title: Investigating the Role of Lipid Droplets as Intracellular Mechanical Stressors in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Date: April 6, 2023 TIme: 1:00 PM Location: Smilow Center for Translational Research in SCTR […]

PICS Colloquium: “Deep Anomaly Detection using Coincident Learning”

https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96715197752

Anomaly detection is a crucial task in the operation of complex systems such as industrial facilities, manufacturing plants, and large-scale science experiments. Failures in a sub-system can result in low yield, faulty products, or damage to components, making it essential to detect anomalies as quickly as possible. Despite the abundance of data available for complex […]

ESE Spring Seminar – “Towards Scalable Multi-User Wireless Networking in mmWave and Terahertz Spectrum”

Raisler Lounge (Room 225), Towne Building 220 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Millimeter-wave and terahertz bands are emerging as the most promising spectrum to meet the data-rate and latency demands of future wireless applications, including virtual reality and autonomous cars. Moreover, the large spectral availability together with the mm-scale wavelength, opens the opportunity of scaling the capacity of future wireless networks by supporting highly directional, high data […]

BE Doctoral Dissertation Defense: “Fibrillar Collagen Modulation of Extracellular Matrix Structure and Organization Following Tendon Injury” (Jaclyn Carlson)

CRB Auditorium 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Louis Soslowsky are pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Jaclyn Carlson. Title: Fibrillar Collagen Modulation of Extracellular Matrix Structure and Organization Following Tendon Injury Date: April 10, 2023 Time: 2pm Location: CRB, Austrian Auditorium Zoom Link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/97931643342 The public is welcome to attend.

MEAM Seminar: “Mechanically Guided Assembly of Complex 3D Mesostructures and Shape-Programmable Surfaces”

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The development of approaches to design and manufacture complex 3D functional mesoscopic structures in advanced materials is a topic of increasing research interest. Previous options in forming 3D mesostructures are, however, constrained by a narrow accessible range of materials or 3D geometries. In this talk, I will first introduce a versatile, mechanical approach to deterministically […]

ASSET Seminar: Machine Learning: A Data-Centric Perspective, Aleksander Madry (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Levine 307 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

ABSTRACT: The training data that modern machine learning models ingest has a major impact on these models’ performance (as well as failures). Yet, this impact tends to be neither fully appreciated nor understood at a fine-grained enough level. In this talk, we will discuss some of the key ways in which training data influences not […]

Spring 2023 GRASP SFI: Wenzhong Yan, UCLA, “Mechanical Intelligence for Compliant Robots”

Levine 307 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

This is a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 307 and virtual attendance via Zoom. This week's presenter will be in-person as well. ABSTRACT Biological systems with deformable bodies exhibit remarkable abilities. However, compliant/soft robots still can not match the capabilities of their biological analogs in terms of adaptability, physical robustness, and autonomy partially […]

Seminar: Accelerating Clean Energy Technologies: Pathways to Commercial Liftoff

Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101), Levine Hall 3330 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 5:00 PM Wu and Chen Auditorium Anna Siefken Department of Energy Office of Technology Transitions President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act provided DOE billions of dollars to invest in and support large-scale demonstration and deployment of clean energy technologies over the next decade. These historic investments are intended […]